Automatic-feed memorandum device



E. F. CREEVY. AUTOMATIC FEED MEMORANDUM DEVICE.

APPLICATION man JULY 8,1918.

1,361,566. Patented Dec. 7, 1920.

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E. F. CREEVY.

AUTOMATIC FEED MEMORANDUM DEVICE.

Patented Dec. 7, 1920.

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APPLICATION FILED JUL Y 8.1918.

PATENT OFFICE.

EDVARD F. GBEEVY, OE CHICAG O, ILLINOIS.

AUT0M.ATIC-]5I*.T.lill) MEMORANDUM DEVICE.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented Dec. '7, 1920.

Application filed. July s, 1918. Serial No. 243,892.

To all whom it may concern Be it known that I, EDWARD F. CREEVY, a citizen of the United States, and a resident of the city of Chicago, in the county of Cook and State of Illinois, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Automatic-Feed Memorandum Devices; and- I do hereby declare that the following is a full, clear, and exact description of the same, reference being had to the accompanying drawings, and to the numerals of reference marked thereon, which form a part of this specification.

This invention relates to an improved form of an automatic feed memorandum device adapted to be mounted on telephoncsor similar devices, or in any convenient place where the making of memoranda is necessary.

It is an object of this invention to construct a memorandum device provided with an automatic paper feed.

t is also an object of this invention to provide a memorandum device having a pivcted writing table adapted to be pressed down into a writing position and further adapted upon release thereof to automatically return to normal position and simultaneously advance the paper.

Another object of the invention is the construction of a memorandum device wherein a movable writing support is adapted to automatically feed paper into a position to be written on.

it is a furtherobject of the invention to construct a memorandum holder adapted to automatically feed paper at the completion of the writing of each line of a vmemorandum being written thereon.

It is furthermore an object of this invention to provide a memorandum device for use-on telephones or-similar devices wherein the resting of a hand upon a table will love the. same into a position to permit writing tl1ereon,-said table adapted by re moval of the hand at the completion of the writing: of a line to return to normal position and automatically feed sufiicient paper into the writing space to permit writing of another line. I

Another objectof the invention is the 0on struction of a memorandum-device'adapted to automatically and simultaneously feed a primary and a secondary paper over a writing iplate forming a partof a pivoted receiver hand rest tableas hand resting on the table is lifted therefrom.

It is an important object of this invention to construct a memorandum device adapted to automatically feedon'e or more sheets of paper over a hand controlled writing plate.

. Other and further important, objects of this invention will be apparent from the disclosures in the specification and drawings.

The invention (in'a preferred form) is illustrated inthe drawings and hereinafter more fully described.

On the drawings: 7

Figure 1 is a sideelevationof a memorandum device embodying the principles of this invention removably attached to a desk telephone.

Fig. 2 is a top plan view thereof.

Fig. 3 is an enlarged section taken on line 3-3, of Fig. 2.

Fig. 4 is an enlarged section taken on .line 4-4, of Fig. 2, with parts shown in elevation, and with parts broken away.

Fig. 5 is a fragmentary detail section on line 5-5, of Fig. 4.

Fig. 6 is a fragmentary detail section taken on line 66, of Fig. 5, with parts in elevation. 1

Fig. 7 is a fragmentary detail section taken on line 7-7, of Fig. 5, with parts shown in elevation.

Fig. 8 is a rear elevation of a modified form of the device.

Fig. 9 is a side elevation of another moditied form of the device.

As shown on the drawings;

The reference numeral 1, designates an ordinary desk type of telephone, and 2 the thereof, Removably secured or clamped upon the vertical standard 3,- of the telephone by means of removable curved ap ertured clamping members/l, is a memorandum. device embodying the principlesof this invention. The device comprises a frame or bracket embracing a brace guide bar or rod 5, having integrally formed on one end thereof an arm or bearing member 6, the inner upperportionof which is provided with an axial recess or opening 7. Formed in the outer surface of the bearing member 6, is a pair of-threaded drillings or passages 8, adapted to removably receive screw bolts 9, for removably holding a clamping bracket secured on the outer surface of the arm 6. Said clamping bracket comprises a late 10, having integrally formed or rigidly secured thereon an upper and a lower semi-circular or curved clamping member 11, the ends of which are provided with threaded apertures to 7 receive clamping screws 12, which project through the threaded apertures in the clamping members 4, to permit the clamping members 4 and 11, to be securely clamped around the telephone standard 3, as shown.

Rigidly secured or integrally formed to the bottom of the arm 6, by means of screw bolt 13, which threads in a threaded passage 14, in the bottom of said arm is a curved downwardly directed leg 15, provided with a foot or base 16, adapted to rest on a table or shelf upon which the telephone is resting. Integrally formed on the front side of the arm 6, is a forwardly directed arm 17 provided with a guide opening 18, and hav ing secured on the inner surface near the front end thereof a guide pin or screw 19, for a purpose hereinafter more fully described.

Integrally formed on the end of the guide rod 5, opposite the arm 6, is an arm or bearing member 20, having an axial passage 21, extending therethrough and alined with the passage 7, and having the enlarged outer portion thereof threaded as denoted by the reference numeral 22. V

A main shaft or axle 23, has one end thereof rotatably engaged in the passage 7, and the other end projecting into the passage 21, with the tapered end engaged in a screw bearing 24, which, as shown in Fig. 4, is removably threaded into the enlarged portion 22, of the passage 21, and is locked in position by a locking nut 25. Secured on the axle 23, intermediate the ends thereof are a pairof friction feed wheels 26, the peripheral surfaces of which are roughened. Rotatably mounted upon the main axle 23, adjacent the frame arm 6, is the hub end of a stub link arm 27. Secured upon the axle 23, between the arm 27, and the friction wheel 26, nearest the frame arm 6, is a collar 28, having a ratchet-wheel 29, integrally formed or rigidly secured thereon adjacent the inner surface of the arm 27, to permit a ratchet 30, pivotally mounted on the inner surfaice of the arm 27, to engage the teeth of the ratchet-wheel.

Mounted on hub extensions inte rally formed on the inner upper portions of the frame arms 6, and 20, is a table comprising side sills or arms 31 and 32, which are rotatably engaged on the respective hubs of the frame arms 6 and 20. Each of the table sills is provided with a groove on the inner surface thereof to receive the side edges of a table top or hand rest plate 33, therein. The plate 33, extends from the outer or front ends of the table sills to within a short distance of the pivoted ends of said sills, to afford a space to permit a writing board or plate 34, to have the side edges thereof also engaged in the grooves of the table sills. Theplate 33, and the board 34, are securely held clamped in position between the table sills by means of clamping screws or'bolts 35, which connect the adjacent ends of the table sillsto form a rigid table construction. The front margin of the "writing board 34, is bent or curved downwardly to form a guide apron 36. A slot 37, is formed between the rear edge of the plate 33, and the front portion of the writing board 34. The table plate 33, and the writing board 34, are disposed in the same plane, as clearly shown in Figs. 3 and 5.

' Integrally formed on the pivoted or in ner ends of the table sills 31-and 32, are upwardly directed lugs38, provided with slots 39, to rotatably receive the ends of an auxiliary or secondary shaft or axle 40, the

ends of which project through said slots and are held seated therein by means of small coil springs 41, the ends of which are secured to the table sills and to the axle ends respectively. Rigidly secured on the auxiliary axle 40, intermediate the ends thereof and in a plane with the large friction wheels 26, are small or secondary friction wheels 42, the peripheral surfaces of which are roughened and adjustably bear or rest upon the peripheral surfaces of the friction wheels 26. Secured to and between the lugs 38, is a cutting blade, knife or toothed cutter 43, which. is rearwardly inclined and disposed parallel to the axle 40, and to the rear thereof.

I Formed on the inner surface of the table sill 31, above and a little to the rear of the axle 23, is a post or projection 44, having pivotally mounted on the free end thereof a gravity acting detent 45, disposed in the plane of the ratchet-wheel 29, and adapted to engage with the teeth thereof to permit rotation of said ratchet-wheel and the axle 23, in one direction only, and prevent rotation in the opposite direction.

Pivotally connected to the free end of the pivoted link arm 27, is one end of a link arm or bar 46, the other or lower end of which is pivotally connected. to the lower end of a curved link or bar 47, which is pivotally mounted intermediate the ends thereof to the table sill 31, to permit the upper end thereof to project upwardly be a tween the table sill 31, and the frame arm 17, with the guide pin 19, projecting through a longitudinal guide slot 48, formed in the upper ortion of the curved link 47. The links 2 46 and 47 form a toggle connection for operating the actuating ratchet 30, by the automatic return to normal or elevated position of the table, which is depressed into a writing or stationary position by resting a hand upon the table top or plate 33. Formed at right angles on the outer surface of the table sill 31, is a guide lug or finger 49, which projects through the guide opening 18, of the stationary frame arm 17 to afford a means for limiting the upward and downward movement of the pivoted table. Integrally formed on the pivoted end of each of the table sills 31 and 32, to the rear of the axle 23, is a rearwardly directed bracket or arm 50, provided with a notch or recess 51, in the rear upper edge thereof, to removably and rotatably receive the ends of an axle 52, upon which a roll of paper 53, is mounted. A main or power spring 54, has one end thereof secured to the frame arm 6, and the other end thereof secured to the arm 50, which is integrally formed on the table sill 31. The main spring acts to normally hold the table in raised or elevated position as shown in dotted lines in Fig. 3, and is stressed when the table is depressed by a hand resting thereon whereby the table is automatically returned to normal position upon the removal of a hand from said table. Integrally formed on the lower edge of each of the table sills 31 and 32, to the front of the axle 23, is a downwardly curved hooked arm 55. Rotatably and removably supported in the hooks of the arms 55, are the ends of an axle 56, upon which is mounted a roll of paper 57 the under surface of which is carbonized. As clearly shown in Fig. 3, the paper 53, is guided over the guide rod 5, around the curved apron 36, through the slot 37, over the writing plate or board 34, and then passes between the feed wheels 26, and 42, and is led upwardly over the cutter 43. The carbonized paper 57 is led through the slot 37, and from thereon rests upon the paper 53, and follows the same course. The carbonized surface of the paper 57, is disposed to rest upon the upper surface of the paper 53.

In the modified form of the device shown in Fig. 8, the construction is. the same as that already described except that the clamping bracket member 10-11, is omitted and the leg 15, is replaced by a leg 58, which is rigidly secured to the bottom of the frame arm 6, and has integrally formed on the lower end thereof an apertured foot or base plate 59, to permit the deviceto be secured upon a flat surface. Rigidly secured on the bottom of the frame'arm 20, isa leg 60,

to support the other side of the device. 1

Fig. 9 shows another modified form of the device. In this case the construction is the same as that shown in Figs 1 to 7, inclusive, except that the clampingebracket 10-11, and the leg 15, are omitted, and I-brackets or extension arms 61, are used for supporting the device in position upon a wall or vertical support 62. Each of the extension arms 61, has one end secured upon the wall 62, and the other ends secured to the outer surfaces of the frame arms 6 and 20, respectively, using the threaded passages 8, formed in the sides of said frame arms for receiving the mounting screws.

The operation is as follows:

With the parts assembled as described and shown it will be noted that the paper 53, and the carbonized paper 57, rest upon the writing board 34, with the carbonized under side of the paper 57, resting upon the upper surface of the paper 53. The double papers pass between the feed wheels 26 and 42, and are directed upwardly in front of the cutter 43. The axle 40, is adjustably mounted to permit papers of dif ferent thicknesses to pass between the friction feed wheels. The table normally is disposed as shown in dotted lines in Fig. 3. A person desiring to write a memorandum on the portion of the paper 57, stretched over the writing board 34, simply rests the writing hand upon the plate 33, of the table, the weight of said hand acting to depress the table against the action of the main spring 54, into the full line position as shown in Fig. 3. The lug 49, striking against the lower edge of the guide opening 18, of the frame arm 17, limits the downward movement of the table and holds the same against further movement to permit writing upon the paper 57. With the downward movement of the table, the link 47, is rotated on its pivot pin, the guide pin 19, sliding outwardly in the slot 48, and thereby causing the lower end of said link 47, to swing downwardly, pulling the connecting link 46, downwardly therewith, and thereby causing the pivoted link arm 27, to swing downwardly into a position wherein the gravity acting ratchet 30, falls intoposition to engage beneath one of the teeth of the ratchet-wheel 29. A line may then be written across the paper 57, and by lifting the hand 0d the table at the completion of thewriting of the line, the stressed main spring 54, acts automatically to return the table to normal position as shown in dotted lines in Fig. 3/ The upward movement of the table causes the slotted end of the link 47, to move downwardly thereby moving the lower end thereof upwardly to raise the ratchet 30, which. being engaged behind one of the ratchet-wheel teeth causes counter clockwise rotation of the ratchet-wheel 26, and thereby simultaneousrotation of the axle 23, causing the friction wheels 26, to rotate rearwardly advancing or feeding the two sheets of paper 53 and 54 over the writing board 34, to position a clean portion of paper on said writing board to permit writing of'the next line of the memorandum.

A counter rotation of theaxle 23 and the ratchet-wheel 29, is prevented by the detent 45, which falls by gravity to engage behind the ratchet-wheel teeth. The roughened surfaces of the feed wheels 26, engaging the under surface of the paper 53, causes movement thereof, thereby also causing movement of the paper 57, and rotation of the small feed wheels 42, which frictionally rest upon the upper surface of the paper 57.

The operation may thus be repeated until the memorandum is completed. The duplicate sheets of paper may then be cut or severed from the rest of the rolls by simply pulling downwardly thereon to force the same against the cutting edge or teeth of the cutter 43. The carbonized paper 57, of course permits the making of a carbon copy of the memorandum on the paper 53. It will be seen that the feed wheels or rollers 26 and 42 rotate in opposite directions, and that the shaft 40, and the feed wheels 42, are adjustable to permit a number of papers, or papers of different thicknesses to be fed between said feed wheels. If no carbon copy is required the carbonized paper roll 57, may be removed and the paper 53,

only fed across the writing board 34.

The operation of the modified forms of the device shown in Figs. 8 and 9, is the same as that above described. The only differences in the modified forms being the method of mounting thereof to shown the adaptability of the automatic feed memorandum device for use on horizontal surfaces or upon vertical walls, as well as upon telephones and similar devices. In the case of wall telephones, the device shown in Fig. 9, may be mounted upon the wall adjacent the telephone. It will furthermore be noted that the device provided with the different sets of clamping and mounting supports permits the same to be mounted where de sired by a simple rearrangement of the supports, all of which are adapted to be removably secured to the frame arms 6 and 20, without requiring changes or alteration in any of the operating mechanisms of the device, and further obviates the purchasing of different devices for mounting in different places. The device is preferably made of light weight metal, but may of course be made of other suitable material if desired.

I am aware that numerous details of c0nstruction may be varied through a wide range without departing from the principles of this invention, and I therefore do not purpose'limiting the patent granted otherwise than necessitated by the prior part.

I claim as my invention: r 1. A memorandum device, comprising a pivoted paper carrying table mechanism adapted to be moved into a writing posi-.

tion, and toggle actuated means secured to said table mechanism for feeding paper ated mechanisms attached to and operated by said table means and connected with said supporting means for feeding paper over said table means.

5. In a memorandum device of the class described, a pivotally mounted table, means for normally holding and returning the table to an elevated position, paper carry-- ing means on said table, said table adapted to be lowered to a position by the resting of a hand thereon to permit writing on paper from said table carrying means which is stretched over said table, and advancing mechanisms operated by and connected with said table and engaging said paper to advance the same over the table upon removal of the hand therefrom.

6. In a memorandum device of the class described, 'a spring controlled movably mounted table, paper carrying means thereon, said table adapted to be loweredby the resting of a hand thereon into a position to permit writing on paper from said paper carrying means stretched over ap0rti0n of said table, and toggle means adapted to be actuated by the table to feed paper over the table when the hand is raised from the table to permit the return to normal position of said table.

7. In a device of the class described, a'

pivotally mounted spring controlled table normally held in raised position, paper car rying means thereon for supplying paper to be led over a portion of said table, friction feed means on said table for receiving said paper therebetween, and a toggle actuated ratchet mechanism connected with said table and with said friction feed means, said table adapted by the resting of a handthereon to belowered into a writing position and to set said mechanism to permit the same to actuate said frlctlon feed means to feed paper over the'table when the hand is removed therefrom and to raised position; I

8. In a device of the class described, a support, awriting table pivotally mounted thereon adapted to be lowered into a writing the table 7 isv returned position by resting a hand thereon, means for returning the table to normal position when said hand is removed after the writing of a line upon a paper on said table, ratchet actuated friction means operable by said table and adapted to advance the paper over the table simultaneously with the return of said table to normal position, and means on said table for cutting off the written portion of the paper. I

9. In a device of the class described, a pivotablly mounted writing table comprising a hand rest plate and a writing plate separated from each other, resilient means for controlling said table and normally holding the same in an elevated position, paper carrying means for supplying paper, toggle actuated ratchet friction feed means connected with said table, said paper adapted to be led upwardly between said plates, stretched over the writing plate and engaged by said feed means, means for limiting the movement of said table, said table adapted to be moved into a position by the resting of a hand on said hand rest plate to permit writing of a line on the portion of the paper stretched over said writing plate, said table adapted to be returned to raised position by said resilient means when the hand is removed from said hand rest plate to Simultaneously cause said paper to be advanced over said writing plate by said feed means, and cutter means for cutting off the portion of the paper written upon after passing through said feed means.

10. A memorandum device comprising a movable table, and toggle means actuated thereby for simultaneously advancing a carbonized and a secondary sheet of paper over the table at the completion of the writing of each line of a memorandum on said carbonized paper.

In testimony whereof I have hereunto subscribed my name in the presence of two subscribing witnesses.

EDWARD F. CREEVY.

Witnesses:

CHARLES W. HILLS, J r., EARL M. HARDINE. 

